Human-Computer Interaction (hci) Sheet #1 What is the definition of hci?
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| a) portable word processor The determining factors are size, weight and battery power. However, remember the purpose, this is a word processor not an address book or even data entry device. LCD screen low power requirement Trackball or stylus for pointing Real keyboard – you can’t word process without a reasonable keyboard and stylus handwriting recognition is not good enough. Small, low power bubble-jet printer — although not always necessary, this makes the package standalone. It is probably not so necessary that the printer have large battery capacity as printing can probably wait until a power point is found. b) Tourist information system This is likely to be in a public place. Most users will only visit the system once, so the information and mode of interaction must be immediately obvious. Touch screen only — easy and direct interaction for first time users NO mice or styluses—in a public place they wouldn’t stay long! c) tractor-mounted crop-spraying controller. A hostile environment with plenty of mud and chemicals. Requires numerical input for flow rates etc, but probably no text. Touch sensitive keypad —, ordinary keypads would get gunged up. Small dedicated LED display (LCD often can’t be read in sunlight and large screens are fragile. Again no mice or styluses—they would get lost. d) Air traffic control system The emphasis is on immediately available information and rapid interaction. The controller cannot afford to spend time searching for information, all frequently used information must be readily available. Several specialized displays — including overlays of electronic information on radar. Light pen or stylus—high precision direct interaction. Keyboard for occasional text input, but consider making it foldout of the way. e) worldwide personal communications system Basically a super mobile phone If is to be kept on hand all the time it must be very light and pocket sized. However, to be a ‘communications’ system one would imagine that it should also act as a personnel address/telephone book etc. Standard telephone keypad—the most frequent use Small dedicated LCD display low power, specialized functions. Possibly stylus for interaction — it allows relatively rich interaction with the address book software, but little space. A docking facility — the system itself will be too small fora full sized keyboard (!), but you won’t want to enter in all your addresses and telephone numbers by stylus! Download 239 Kb. Share with your friends:
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